Quilts are now being accepted for a quilt contest to promote the statewide literacy program, the Great Michigan Read: Earnest Hemingway's Nick Adams Stories. Bayliss Public Library is participating in The Great Michigan Read and is co-sponsoring the quilt contest, along with Keeping the Piece Quilt Guild, Friends of Bayliss Library, and the Chippewa County Historical Society.

The quilt contest's theme is "Up North - Sense of Place," and deadline for submission is Wednesday, April 30. Quilts will be displayed at Bayliss Library in May, and an open house is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., when prizes will be awarded. Judges for the contest will be Lola Jarman and Judi Walsh, both experienced quilters. More information on the contest and submission requirements can be obtained by contacting Susan James at (906) 632-9331, Susan Askwith at (906) 632-7422, or Nancy Steinhaus at (906) 635- 0782.